Re: ps and pdf question

[Karl Hammar]

address@hidden:
> Tim Reeves escreveu:
> > Tom wrote:
> > . . . a somewhat unrelated question: In the creation of a PDF output
> > file, LilyPond creates an intermediate PostScript file.  That
> > PostScript file is sometimes viewable using gv and sometimes it gives
> > some errors.  But it never prints on any printer I tried it on
> > (several HP models, Gestetner/Ricoh, Xerox) - always either no pages
> > at all, or some error message about some fonts.  Is the PostScript
> > output at all meant to be publishable/printable?  It would be
> > convenient if for printing the sheets I could just print the
> > PostScript output to the printer directly, instead of having to go
> > through the PDF.
> > 
> > 
> > My question is: can one dispense with the Postscript file altogether? I
> > just use the pdf and always delete the ps file.
> > Is there a way to save a step and processing time by just not producing
> > the ps file in the first place?
> 
> No, the PDF is produced from the PS. The PS uses an embedded CFF font
> that is binary data.  You'd have to check out the Postscript standard to
> see what printers can handle this.

CFF font is a PostScript level 3 feature.

>From what I understand, the newer font types is the only level 3 
feature lilypond is interested in.

If I ever gets to it, would you accept patches that makes the ps files 
printable again, or rather, to conform to level 2 ?


Regards
/Karl